Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right at UPMC Kane

4372 Route 6, Kane, PA · UPMC · · NPI 146763537

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$199.20

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$332.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$23.65 with Aetna vs $7,473.98 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $23.65 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $23.65 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $24.73 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $29.88 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $31.88 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $33.56 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $36.64 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $47.96 ↓ -76%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $107.24 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $116.20 ↓ -42%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $118.47 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $122.84 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $122.84 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $122.84 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $122.84 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $122.84 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $126.33 ↓ -37%
Aetna of PA Medicare $127.75 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $128.98 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $132.67 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $135.12 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $144.95 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $231.42 ↑ +16%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $231.42 ↑ +16%
Cigna Commercial $232.40 ↑ +17%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $232.40 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $249.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Commercial $265.60 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $265.60 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $283.47 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $283.47 ↑ +42%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $315.40 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare $7,473.98 ↑ +3652%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $361.20 $18.59 – $481.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $245.40 $22.57 – $368.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $453.60 $27.30 – $1,433.14
UPMC Cole Coudersport $176.40 $12.47 – $107.24
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $453.60 $27.30 – $1,433.14
UPMC East Monroeville $334.20 $18.77 – $445.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $298.80 $18.59 – $409.31
UPMC Northwest Seneca $271.20 $23.65 – $295.50

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